5.1 PTR: Legendary and Faction Quests

Since we last covered new quests in 5.1, there's been some big updates we wanted to share about legendary and faction quests. We datamined some possible rewards for the legendary chain in 5.1, including new gems and sockets. We also pieced together more of the epic 5.1 faction questlines and now know that they reward players with a mount!

Legendary Quests

There are upgraded versions of legendary gems: , , .

allows you to add another gem socket to your Sha-Touched weapon, similar to . These are for regular gems, not additional legendary gems.

Since we last covered the datamined quests, Blizzard has trimmed down the PvP requirements. Instead of winning 10 Battlegrounds, you only have to win one in and .

Two achievements have been added: / requires you to obtain 6000 Valor Points, and / is for completing all of Wrathion's 5.1 quests.

: Speak with Wrathion at the Tavern in the Mists.

: Kill Horde forces along the southern shores of Krasarang Wilds until you are Revered with the Black Prince.

: Win battles at the Temple of Kotmogu and the Silvershard Mines.

: Speak with Wrathion to learn what he's observed about Varian.

: Kill Warlord Bloodhilt at Domination Point in Krasarang Wilds.

: Speak with Wrathion at the Tavern in the Mists.

: Kill Alliance forces along the southern shores of Krasarang Wilds until you are Revered with the Black Prince.

: Win battles at the Temple of Kotmogu and the Silvershard Mines.

: Speak with Wrathion to learn what he's observed about Garrosh.

: Kill High Marshall Twinbraid at Domination Point in Krasarang Wilds.

Faction Quests in Krasarang Wilds

There is a new epic quest in 5.1 for both factions which centers around Garrosh's desire to reawaken the corrupt magic in a hidden Mogu artifact. Completing this questline rewards / and the unarmored faction mounts /.

Lion's Landing

: Speak with Scout Lynna at Krasarang Cove in Krasarang Wilds. It has been two months since the Alliance have landed on Pandaria.

Heart of the Alliance

: Speak to Anduin Wrynn in The Imperial Exchange at the Shrine of Seven Stars in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

: Confront 6 Lion's Landing Soldiers. The Sha have escaped containment from one of Brann Bronzebeard's missions and have corrupted some soldiers.

Secrets of the Past

There's an additional mission for Connelly:

: Speak to Agent Connelly at One Keg in Kun-Lai Summit.

: Collect 1 Kor'kron Helmet, 1 Kor'kron Armor, and 1 Kor'kron Boots, then combine them into a Kor'kron Disguise. You are doing this to prevent Garrosh from finding the Divine Bell. (Based on the Horde chain, it appears it ended up in Darnassus and later made its way to Silvermoon.)

: Use the Kor'kron Disguise to enter the camp. Then drink the Memory Brew and witness Shan Kien's past.

The Divine Bell

: Find Sarannha Skyglaive at the Ruins of Korune. Speak to Fennie Hornswaggle at Lion's Landing for transportation.

: Kill Dreadweaver Avartu and recover the Divine Bell.

The Purge of Dalaran

The Sunreavers aided the Horde in retrieving the Divine Bell, which was stored in Darnassus, so the Alliance are expelling the Sunreavers from Dalaran.

: Kill 16 Sunreavers hiding in the Dalaran Sewers.

: Kill the hidden Sunreavers in Dalaran's shops.

: The Sunreavers who did not accept Jaina's agreement are now being tracked down and killed.

: Prevent a Sunreaver Magistrate from withdrawing gold before escaping.

: Subdue the Sunreaver Dragonhawks to prevent the elves from escaping.

: Speak to King Varian Wyrnn.

An Ancient Ally

On the side, the Alliance has been befriending some of the Hozen, in the hopes of finding another artifact to counteract the Divine Bell:

: Speak with Anduin Wrynn at the Tomb of Conquerers in Kun-Lai Summit.

: Help Anduin Wrynn find the Monkey King in the Valley of Emperors.

: Find the object the Monkey King described in his riddle.

: Obtain Metal Brew.

: Defeat the Challenger at the Tiger Temple.

: Listen to the Monkey King's story.

In Search of Harmony

You then help Anduin put the Mallet together:

: Recover the Mallet Head.

: Recover the Harmonic Ointment.

: Obtain the Harmonic Mallet.

Breath of Darkest Shadow

: Anduin has run off in search of Garrosh about to harness the power of the Divine Bell--you must find him.

: Anduin tries to plea with Garrosh before using the Harmonic Mallet and destroying the Divine Bell.

: The mallet is destroyed, but Anduin is severely wounded from the effort.

Comentario de lawsofchaos

Comentario de Shoddythetroll

Removing Sunreavers from Dalaran is an interesting change lorewise.However in-game-wise it looks really messed up that Dalaran will most likely remain as a sanctuary city.

Also it's good to see more involvement from the Blood Elves of Silvermoon city in 5.1 (especially Lor'themar). They've been neglected for quite a while now.

Comentario de pewpewx

on 2012-11-20T12:16:16-06:00

I guess the real challenge starts at Chapter III.

Comentario de Mildennais

on 2012-11-20T12:32:47-06:00

Looking forward to the patch, though I'm a little confused by Jaina being leader of the Kirin Tor. Guessing that got covered in her book.

Comentario de perculia

on 2012-11-20T13:01:47-06:00

Yeah, that was covered in the book. It's a bit confusing because right now in-game and on the PTR, she's the official leader, but that's not shown anywhere.

Comentario de perianath

on 2012-11-20T14:05:29-06:00

Removing Sunreavers from Dalaran is an interesting change lorewise.However in-game-wise it looks really messed up that Dalaran will most likely remain as a sanctuary city.

Jaina says it's important to "separate the Horde from its people".

Comentario de Cylark

on 2012-11-20T18:02:12-06:00

It was covered in the book, Rhonin died saving her life as she fled Theramore at the last second. Basically, She needed a new home and so she went back to the Kirin Tor who made her leader.

Comentario de Adamsm

on 2012-11-20T18:17:33-06:00

It was covered in the book, Rhonin died saving her life as she fled Theramore at the last second. Basically, She needed a new home and so she went back to the Kirin Tor who made her leader.

Technically Rhonin threw her out of Theramore at the last second and due to a prophecy she replaces him....; but over all, Tides of War is a horrible horrible book and it makes me sad to know it's remaining canon..../sigh

As for this; where the hell are the other members of the Six and why are they not slapping Jaina down for being such a massive *!@#$?

Comentario de Rankkor

on 2012-11-20T21:00:36-06:00

The Silence: The mallet is destroyed, but Anduin is severely wounded from the effort.

JA! I knew Anduin wouldn't be killed. I just knew it.

:P

As for this; where the hell are the other members of the Six and why are they not slapping Jaina down for being such a massive *!@#$?

Well, what goes up, eventually goes down.

Comentario de Haliri

on 2012-11-21T00:39:16-06:00

still no legendary stamina gem for tanks? :/

Comentario de Interest

on 2012-11-21T02:37:54-06:00

Darn. I still need to get the current gems...

Comentario de Keelerak

on 2012-11-21T08:04:25-06:00

Come on, removing some secondary town is ok, but removing a CAPITAL? Unless there is going to be some embodiment of epicosity as reward, I'm going to skip those quests on Horde, because I'm not going to phase my Northrend capital away.

Comentario de Rankkor

on 2012-11-21T08:20:49-06:00

Come on, removing some secondary town is ok, but removing a CAPITAL? Unless there is going to be some embodiment of epicosity as reward, I'm going to skip those quests on Horde, because I'm not going to phase my Northrend capital away.

Ejem, GAMEPLAY&STORY SEGREGATION!

Lorewise, dalaran becomes alliance-only, but gameplaywise, its still open to both factions.

Much like how Lorewise, Quel'danas is now horde-only, and in full control of Silvermoon (And the only alliance members allowed in are High Elven Pilgrims, and only to get their fix from the sunwell) yet gameplaywise, its still full of demons of the burning legion and members of the shattered sun.

Some stuff is in the lore that doesn't quite matches what happens in the game. You can go to Nagrand and find Garrosh still there, moping about how much his life sucks, and Saurfang Jr being an overwhelming badass like his dad, despite the fact that in the present, Garrosh is not just warchief, but in full megalomaniac narcissistic raging mode, and Saurfang Jr is dead.

So don't take it so literally. From a lore POV Dalaran is alliance only, but you will still be able to go there on your horde toons. When the inevitable northrend revamp happens though, time will tell how that little debacle is fixed.

Darn. I still need to get the current gems...

I'm almost done with the current gems. Need 8 more sigils of wisdom and I'm done.

still no legendary stamina gem for tanks? :/

I may be one of these crazy coots, but I still don't think gemming for stamina is the most indispensable stat for tanks.

Monks and Druids most certainly will value AGI a lot more than some pissy stamina gem, and as for Warriors/pallys/DKs STR provides a ton of Parry.

Gemming for all stamina is pointless if your mitigation sucks.

Comentario de wolfmansbro

on 2012-11-21T10:40:32-06:00

HHmhm. Am I the only one who feels that it is unfair to the alliance to require the winning of those two battlegrounds for a PvE focused legendary?

I would be fine if it just said 'Win any x battlegrounds' because I could que up for some AV or some SotA/IoC, and sometimes win those, but the rest of the battlegrounds the alliance wins once in a blue moon.The last three ToK's I've been in we have lost as all four orbs were held in the middle by the horde. Anyway, I guess I just hope that the two battlegrounds isn't more of a grind than the 20 sigils, which it unfortunately may turn out to be.

Then again, I guess I can call it even, as we are culling Dalaran's blood elf population, which will be enjoyable and relaxing at the least.

I am also really excited about Jaina being the leader of the Kirin Tor, primarily because Theramore was my favorite town in the game (Both for lore reasons, and memories, I got my first mount there (You know, the first one, the expensive level 40 one)), and I always loved Jaina as a character, but then again everyone is talking about a recent book and I have only ever read Cycle of Hatred. However, I was devastated when Horde blew up Theramore, and am glad to see something to get them back for it.

Comentario de collegedog909

on 2012-11-21T15:03:22-06:00

Removing Sunreavers from Dalaran is an interesting change lorewise.

/2 Forget the lore! Bring on another raid and Epic loots! Also buy my trinkets on the AH. :)

Comentario de shado12

on 2012-11-21T15:39:55-06:00

my question is: I just got the LFR sha touched weapon. and im close to getting the +500 gem. My raid team is prob a ways from clearing HoF, we are 5/6 MV so I wont be getting a upgrade anytime soon. But if/when i do get the 496 sha touched weapon, is this new +550 gem going to be a new gem i could put in the new weapon, or will it upgrading my current gem in my current weapon. because I read it costs 10k to buy additional gems if you get a new weapon.

Comentario de Rankkor

on 2012-11-21T17:08:58-06:00

Then again, I guess I can call it even, as we are culling Dalaran's blood elf population, which will be enjoyable and relaxing at the least.

However, I was devastated when Horde blew up Theramore, and am glad to see something to get them back for it.

Yeaahh...........about that: Don't count on it.

Lorewise the horde is kicked from dalaran, but from a gameplay perspective, we still get access to it. Dalaran is a core part of the WOTLK segment of the game, and they can't just cut out half the playerbase from it without anything else in place.

For some perspective, the island of quel'danas (the one where the sunwell is) is lorewise under the strict control of silvermoon, and only horde are allowed in there, along with High elven pilgrims needing their sunwell fix. Yet in the game, its still infested with demons, and with shattered sun troops in there.

Same deal with dalaran, if you're thinking you will get to stroll through dalaran and see not one horde, think again.

Of course, once northrend has been revamped, we'll see what they do about that.

Comentario de Deathsangel111

on 2012-11-21T17:40:13-06:00

Can't wait to see what Garrosh is really up to...

Vol'jin for next Warchief of the Horde, even though he gets stabbed...

Comentario de Adamsm

on 2012-11-21T17:53:54-06:00

As for this; where the hell are the other members of the Six and why are they not slapping Jaina down for being such a massive *!@#$?

Well, what goes up, eventually goes down.

They already hit her for trying to start a war at the end of Tides of War; need to do it again, or at least step the hell up and start acting like leaders and not puppets; I mean really, as if Khadgar would let her pull something like this....

Comentario de wolfmansbro

on 2012-11-21T21:59:19-06:00

Then again, I guess I can call it even, as we are culling Dalaran's blood elf population, which will be enjoyable and relaxing at the least.

However, I was devastated when Horde blew up Theramore, and am glad to see something to get them back for it.

Yeaahh...........about that: Don't count on it.

Lorewise the horde is kicked from dalaran, but from a gameplay perspective, we still get access to it. Dalaran is a core part of the WOTLK segment of the game, and they can't just cut out half the playerbase from it without anything else in place.

For some perspective troops in there.

Same deal with dalaran, if you're thinking you will get to stroll through dalaran and see not one horde, think again.

Of course, once northrend has been revamped, we'll see what they do about that.

I wasn't really referring to the status of the zone as it is, more referring to the quests in the alliance section under "The Purge of Dalaran", in which a bunch say to kill the BEs still in the shops and sewers, as well as taking out their dragonhawks so they can't escape.

I know when it's all said and done they will still be waltzing around our town like they own the place, but the act of killing them, like the destruction of Theramore on the horde side, seems satisfying to me, like revenge.

And, like Dalaran, Theramore is still sitting there, unharmed, for an unknown amount of time.